Apple sued over alleged lack of age checks for casino games in Brazil

Apple is currently embroiled in a civil lawsuit in Brazil, seeking R$300 million in damages, over allegations that children can access casino-style games on the App Store without proper age verification. The case was filed by the Anced, Educafro Brasil, and the Santo Dias Center for Human Rights, who are demanding the implementation of an effective age-verification system for all casino games distributed through the App Store.

The plaintiffs also seek R$300 million in moral damages and are asking Apple to prevent new casino games from being made available without age verification, maintain continuous oversight of existing titles, and submit reports on its enforcement efforts every six months. Apple has acknowledged testing an age-verification system in Brazil and plans to make it available to all users through a software update in the coming months.

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